Serial murder is neither a new phenomenon, nor is it uniquely American,” reads a public report from the FBI on the subject.

While the term “serial killer” is modern, the phenomenon itself has existed for centuries. Long before forensic science or criminal profiling, individuals committed repeated murders that terrified ...

France — Marcel Petiot, a medical doctor and serial killer convicted of 26 murders (though suspected of killing as many as ...

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, Penguin Press, 480 pages, $32 The Pacific Northwest produced an appalling roster of serial killers in the 1970s and ...

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Caroline Fraser, the author of “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in ...

Communities in Texas are panicking after bodies of multiple young women turned up in local bayous. With pressure on police to solve these killings building, speculation about a possible serial killer ...

Over the centuries, there have been hundreds of documented cases of serial murder around the world, but the term “serial killer” is relatively new. Up until the 1970s in the U.S., serial killers were ...

A recent documentary on Netflix proclaimed Aileen Wuornos the “queen” of serial killers. Wuornos fatally shot seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. She initially claimed self-defense. Later, she ...

“Murderland,” a new book, links serial killers in the Pacific Northwest to a Tacoma smelter. The book explores the connection between lead exposure and violent crime. It focuses largely on the city’s ...

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Officials have come forward with a definitive culprit for the 1991 quadruple murder of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop, bringing closure to those affected by the 34-year-old cold case.